He greets them as His "other sheep"[49]--a fold Unknown to Judah, but to Jesus known; And tells of others still, whose fate untold Hath been the skeptic's scoff and stumbling stone. All Israel must hear, and one alone The shepherd be, to guide and govern all. 1790 Where'er, from torrid belt to icy zone, They wander, they must heed the warning call, And flee to Zion's shore ere crumbling Babel fall. He numbers them with Joseph, known of old, Whose flock the wolves shall tear in time to come; Because a wasteful heir his portion sold, A prodigal forsook the parent dome, To riot in the wilderness and roam, Feeding on husks: yet, turning at the last, Redeemed from darkness, to the Father's home; 1800 And there, the hour of retribution past, Forgiven, at His dear feet their weary souls they cast. Anon He pictures Japheth's destiny[50]: The Gentile prospering in the Promised Land, The guardian of the ark of liberty, So long as he for human right shall stand, Nor trample on Jehovah's high command. But woe to them of flinty heart and face Who from Him turn, to smite with ruthless hand The withered remnant of a star-ruled race! 1810 For Laman yet shall spring, a lion to the chase[51]. Vexing the vexer with a vengeance sore, Who, false to highest hope of human need, Shall tyrant turn, and play the part no more Of nursing parent unto Joseph's seed, For whom a nation founded was and freed, That from its hand to his fierce house might flow The promise of his fathers. God shall plead With Japheth, till his pride shall melt like snow, Swept from the mountain side, chased by the sun's red glow[52]. 1820 His word now builds the New Jerusalem-- (Earth-born, though basking in eternal rays)[53], Which Japheth, blent with Jacob, joined with Shem, Shall rear on Joseph's land in modern days. The Father's work of wonder He portrays:-- A servant, marred[54], though hurt not, and yet healed, Whom wisdom hearkens to, whom faith obeys; Arm of the Lord, long lying unrevealed, Uplifted and made bare, His flock to fold and shield. Sounds then a parting note, a plaint of woe, 1830 'Gainst coming ages of iniquity, Ere purifying floods o'er earth shall flow, And man from sin and self delivered be. Then, of the twelve, he sanctifieth three[55], With power o'er death, and gives them to remain Till comes He in His glory, Lo! they see The opening heavens receive Him once again; And marvels else behold, that mortal tongues must chain.